Alexandra Britton of positive impact consultancy Palladium says firms should focus on creating value in their core business if they want to make a meaningful contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

With only 6% of companies measuring their contributions to key Sustainable Development Goals, according to the WBCSD, more work is needed to translate increased intention this year into real action, reports Claire Manuel

The packaging giant has adopted the GRI framework for its latest sustainability report, aligning performance to how it is addressing nine of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But slow progress on its goal of doubling recycling rates by 2020 has prompted it to adopt new metrics

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The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark has led to a surge in human rights reporting since it was launched a year ago, but the failure of more than a quarter of companies to engage is cause for deep concern, says Magdalena Kettis of Sweden’s Nordea Bank

With tax avoidance people's biggest concern when it comes to corporate conduct, the Fair Tax Mark’s Paul Monaghan says 40 firms, including SSE, Marshalls and Go-Ahead Group, have signed up to the Fair Tax Mark

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The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark has led to a surge in human rights reporting since it was launched a year ago, but the failure of more than a quarter of companies to engage is cause for deep concern, says Magdalena Kettis of Sweden’s Nordea Bank

With tax avoidance people's biggest concern when it comes to corporate conduct, the Fair Tax Mark’s Paul Monaghan says 40 firms, including SSE, Marshalls and Go-Ahead Group, have signed up to the Fair Tax Mark